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Similar situation, I have tried to help a kid in his early 20's with advice since his dad has never been around. He's in the Air Force and a single dad (mom wanted to party instead of taking care of the kid). Tried to help him with his career path which seemed to be going okay. He was taking college classes and was doing well, wanted to "reward" himself so he bought a new Ford Raptor.
He met a girl online who also had a kid. Bam, now she's preggers so he gets married, buys a new house in Nowheresville New Mexico and trades the Raptor in for a Ford Focus (upside down by about $15k). Gets his Associates degree and feels that the Focus is too small for a family of 5 he needs another "reward" so he trades the Focus in on a new Explorer.
He now owes $56k on a 7 year car loan and posts up on FB this weekend he's thinking about getting a BMW 1000Srr or some such bike. Dude, you've got a wife, mortgage, 3 kids, a huge car loan and you want to gamble on a bike?!
No more advice from me, he's going to do what he wants anyway.
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